Island of Jewels

by The Legendary Pink Dots

Island of Jewels cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Play It Again Sam
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 45:15
  • Community rating: 3.8/5 from 4 ratings

Artists on this release: Percii Pilchardd, Hanz Myer, Patrick Q. Paganini, Edward Ka-Spel, Stret Majest

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Deeply unsettling and sonically expansive, this release stands as a major achievement in Edward Ka-Spel's extensive avant-garde discography. The album masterfully weaves terrifying industrial rhythms, jarring synthesizers, and apocalyptic dark cabaret, creating a highly cryptic, occult-driven neo-psychedelic atmosphere.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, dissonant, occult, experimental, dreamy, electronic, diverse, conceptual, atmospheric, synthesizers, storytelling

Tracklist

  1. Tower 6 (2:45)
  2. The Red And The Black (4:39)
  3. The Dairy (3:53)
  4. Emblem Parade (3:07)
  5. Jewel On An Island (4:31)
  6. Rattlesnake Arena (3:34)
  7. The Shock Of Contact (5:00)
  8. Jewel In The Crown (4:56)
  9. Our Lady In Chambers (3:39)
  10. Our Lady In Kharki (2:40)
  11. Our Lady In Darkness (4:56)
  12. The Guardians Of Eden (1:35)

Credits

  • Stret Majest - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, keyboards, piano, backing vocals
  • Percii Pilchardd - bass guitar, percussion [electronic]
  • Stephan Barbery - cover
  • Jared Sacks - edited by [digital editing]
  • The Silverman - electronics [silverscapes], sampler [samplescopes], keyboards
  • Edward Ka-Spel - lyrics by, voice, keyboards [occ.], electronics [electronix]
  • Patrick Q. Paganini - violin, keyboards [occ.], drum programming [rhythm programmes], mandolin

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